International aid agencies are warning that they may have to halt flood relief efforts in Pakistan due to a major shortage of funds. The United Nations, Oxfam, Save the Children, Care and ACTED said Wednesday that over 9 million flood victims in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province are at risk of disease and widespread malnutrition over […]
Money Running Out for Pakistan Flood Victims
Posted November 9th, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
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Death Toll Rises in Vietnam Flooding Disaster
Posted November 9th, 2011 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Vietnamese authorities say 100 people are now dead due to serious flooding that has plagued the nation for weeks. The new death toll includes 17 people killed across central Vietnam, which has been inundated with heavy rains in recent days. Bhupinder Tomar, a representative of the International Federation of the Red Cross who is based […]
Thai PM Lays Out Three-Part Flood Recovery Plan
Posted November 8th, 2011 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has announced a three-stage program to help her country recover from its worst flooding in 50 years. In a nationally televised address Tuesday, Ms. Yingluck described the three stages of the program as rescue, restore and rebuild. She said Thailand will emphasize efforts to restore the confidence of international investors, […]
Thai Floods Ease in North, Still Threaten Bangkok
Posted November 7th, 2011 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
Floodwaters continued to threaten central Bangkok Monday even as clean-up efforts begin in some areas north of the city where waters have receded. Authorities said the death toll in Thailand’s worst floods in a half century has gone over 500, with drowning blamed for most of the deaths. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said her cabinet […]
Thai Floods Death Toll Reaches 506
Posted November 6th, 2011 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
Thai officials said Sunday the death toll from Thailand’s worst flooding in 50 years has reached 506. The officials said the flood waters were threatening Bangkok’s largest outdoor shopping zone, the famed Chatuchak market, and the subway system, and new evacuations were taking place in the city 12 million. Local authorities ordered evacuations in 10 […]
Floods Hit Italy, At Least 6 Dead
Posted November 4th, 2011 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
Rain and floods swept through northwestern Italy Friday, triggering flash floods that killed at least six people. Officials say two of the dead are children. The port city of Genoa was flooded with knee-high water. Local authorities urged residents to move to upper floors and some people were evacuated. The Italian news agency Ansa says […]
Floods Hit Italy, At Least 4 Dead
Posted November 4th, 2011 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
Rain and floods swept through northwestern Italy Friday, leaving at least four people dead. Authorities warned residents to stay indoors as water gushed through parts of the city of Genoa. The floods came a week after rainstorms caused serious flooding in the northwestern regions of Tuscany and Liguria. At least 10 people died in last […]
Thai Floods Continue to Strike Poor, Migrant Workers
Posted November 2nd, 2011 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
Residents of the Thai capital, Bangkok, said floodwaters continued to rise Wednesday in poorer neighborhoods to the north and west of the city center, which remains largely dry. The contrast between the dry city center and the flooded poorer suburbs is feeding rising anger against the government, which is using a network of makeshift barriers […]
Bangkok Flooding Continues to Strike Poor Suburbs
Posted November 2nd, 2011 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Anxious Bangkok residents say floodwaters continued to rise Wednesday in some neighborhoods to the north and west of the city center, outside the network of barriers that has kept the city center largely dry. In one western neighborhood, soldiers were helping residents to carry their belongings through the waist-deep water as they headed for higher […]
Thai Anger Grows as Floods Hit Some, Spare Others
Posted November 1st, 2011 at 4:00 am (UTC-5)
Anger and frustration are rising in Bangkok’s northern and western suburbs, where successful efforts to save the city center from swirling floodwaters have led to even more misery. In some cases, vigilante groups have broken holes in the makeshift barriers protecting central Bangkok to let the waist-deep floodwaters escape more quickly from their own communities. […]
